| U-Verse provides TV service over a private IP network I have seen a demonstration of U-Verse from the mobile trailer in Trumbull CT. The picture looks great and I love the channel guide which shows a small video of what is playing and then lets one click and pop open to the full screen. Four TV channels or two high definition TV channels at a time is more than enough for me. The price is no big bargain, about the same as Cablevision but with low speed DSL bundled at no extra charge. Sadly I do not expect to see this service offered to me any time soon. I think AT&T made the wrong decision to not deploy fiber to the home. The U-Verse technology currently must be less than a quarter mile from your home so there must be many more VRAD terminals deployed. The Cable License might be a good cover for management to explain to the share holders why they will not be able to provide this server universally. Personally I believe that franchise fees should be abolished. I want to see telecommunication and other cable companies providing service to the consumer and the monopolies broken. |
